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The “All In” Woman Philanthropist

sgEngage

Over the next decade, women are projected to inherit an even greater share of wealth–possibly a majority of the $30 trillion in financial assets Baby Boomers will transfer to younger generations. the #MeToo movement in Asia , reproductive rights activism in Honduras , and the ongoing fight for women’s equality in Iran.

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Benetech Human Rights Data Analysts Uncover Critical Evidence

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As the worldwide debate continues about the release of government information by Wikileaks, history has shown that the uncovering of government data can be an important factor in human rights investigations. Guzmán’s testimony was based on HRDAG’s analysis of the 31.7

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. In Iran we’ve seen it used to get out information and resist censorship but have also seen it used by the government to alter a mobile phone system and monitoring calls. Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: WITNESS

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The blog has been the key standardized staple that helps to regularly generate content for readers, which then is further shared via Twitter and Facebook. Our most useful social media tool is our blog site, especially for discussing WITNESS’ campaigns and sharing many of our and others videos. This helps to amplify discussions and messaging.

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Social Media: Not Just a Revolution, but a Voice for the Silenced

Care2

People have been silenced throughout time by media outlets, governments and authority figures who strive to keep minorities and protestors at bay. Women in Iran and protestors on Wall Street think so. Universal Rapid Gamma Emitter, whose purpose is to generate a broader audience range for activists. In the U.S.,

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Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange Talks about the Global Citizen Center

Have Fun - Do Good

government tells them, or what the corporate media tells them. When you go to bed at night and you are thinking, "Oh my God where am I going to come up with the money to do this next project," and you have to hustle and go out there and do it, or you have to develop a business model that can generate its own money to do that.

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